To: "Mounted search and rescue" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [MSAR] Predatory animals / Guns in SAR
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:25:35 -0700
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From: "Jorene Downs" <Jorene@CEOates.com>
> If a predator exhibits aggressive behavior - assuming you aren't hanging
> around a camp fire, with fire as a natural deterrent - the first effort
> should be to scare the animal off with excessive loud noise.
In CO a bear strolled into camp in the backcountry and scratched and bit 2
people. "The man screamed and the bear let go."
First bear attack in CO in 30+ years.